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Hi All, I'm new to this forum but really enjoy it. I have learned more about motorhomes here than I would have going to a 100 shows and dealers. So a big thank you to you all.
Also just wondered if anyone on the site had purchased a Wildax Motorhome They supply and convert Fiat Citroen & Peuegot LWB vans.
Thanks
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Second hand experience, but better than none - and welcome of course.
My friend spent some time on their stand at a recent(ish) show and was very impressed both by the product and the people making and selling it.
I can't really tell you much more than that, but he (my friend) is no fool, and if he feels confident about dealing with them I would be inclined to take his word.
We went on the stand at the NEC last November and were also impressed with their conversions.
There seem to be two options a 2 berth and a 3 berth.
They offer to supply the conversion on vehicles (ducato/citroen) up to 4 years old with varying degrees of mileage.
I believe they are also looking at the new style base vehicle but have not seen any designs yet.
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I hope this reply is of some help.
Best Regards
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I dont know anything about the quality of their work etc but I have met one of the partners in my shop a year ago as he was on holiday with his wife and children. We got talking (how you do) and we mentioned that we enjoyed going away in our motorhome and he went on to explain that he owned Wildax conversions and that they stood at all the motorhome shows. They were a lovely family and he came across as being both a very knowledgeable and genuine man and the sort of person you immediately felt at ease with and who knew exactly what he was talking about. You sometimes get a gut instinct about people don't you? (Well I do LOL) and I would have been happy to do business with a man like him as I felt he was the type who would value his customers and go out of his way to accomodate their individual needs and I got the impression during our conversation that his van conversion business was very important to him.
Sue
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Hi, I was going to purchase a van from Wildax after talking to them at the York Show in 2006. We drove across to Keithley with our cheque book to firm up a spec and order. When we got to their street we drove up and down, all the buildings were very run down or abandoned and we could not find their building anywhere. I eventually asked at a small garage and they pointed me at a scrap yard at the end of the road. We went in and found a couple of 1/2 converted vans next to a run down building in amongst piles of scrap. At this point we bottled out as we were not confident enough to hand over £20k purely on the appearance of the place. They rang me the next day to see why we had not turned up and I told them so they may have a more proffesional setup now or at least a business sign on the place!
Paul
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Hi, I was going to purchase a van from Wildax after talking to them at the York Show in 2007. We drove across to Keithley with our cheque book to firm up a spec and order. When we got to their street we drove up and down, all the buildings were very run down or abandoned and we could not find their building anywhere. I eventually asked at a small garage and they pointed me at a scrap yard at the end of the road. We went in and found a couple of 1/2 converted vans next to a run down building in amongst piles of scrap. At this point we bottled out as we were not confident enough to hand over £20k purely on the appearance of the place. They rang me the next day to see why we had not turned up and I told them so they may have a more proffesional setup now or at least a business sign on the place!
Paul
I see what you are saying and can understand your reluctance to hand over that amount of money and I think most of us would feel the same way - but sometimes the small businesses are the most genuine and everyone has to start somewhere. Maybe just maybe (and I do not speak from any personal knowledge of this company or their work) they rent their workshop in this rundown area because the rent on the property is so low and like all successful businesses they start off small and expand to better and bigger premises as they grow. Look at Towtal - they are a very successful family business who attend all the major motorhome shows and who have been around for years and yet their workshop and premisies are very basic and in a run down part of Stoke on Trent. They may not have state of the art premises but their reputation is excellent and at the end of the day that is what is most important to we the customer isn't it? There is a fabulous saying "From small acorns do great oak trees grow" and that I believe is very true and just because their workshop is not some grand and posh building does not mean they will not and do not offer a first class service. Some of the big boys with their fancy showrooms and workshops are all just for show and personal service from a family run concern is often far superior and far more reliable too.
It would be nice to hear from someone who has bought a van from Wildax conversions and here how they have found this company to be?
Sue
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When I went to look at Vantage Motorhomes I was very surprised to find their premises at the rear of a house in a small residential street in East Leeds. There was a drive up the side of the house and at the back it opened out a bit into a small range of workshops. When I got there they were altering one of the workshops to give them additional space to work on vans.
Inside the other part of the building was a superb, virtually finished van, the last of their first batch, most of which had been collected for the last change of registration no.
Judging by this van they do a fabulous quality conversion, but the premises might put you off as they're not the expected shed on a trading estate.
Andy
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I have to agree with Andy and Sonesta based on my experience with Vantage Motorhomes.
If I had gone purely by the address, I would have run a mile. However, their team and product at the NEC gave me confidence to place an order and when I actually visited the site the workshops are the cleanest and best organised I have ever seen, albeit quite compact.
Buying a van from them turned out to be the best decision we have made so far. Every promise has been kept and the aftersales service is excellent.
My view was that dealing with a small company can mean much better personal service. You are a bigger part of his business and that he will live by his reputation so can't afford any unhappy customers in this internet age.
However, I think Paul is also right. If their place had turned out to be a tip then I would have been backtracking very quickly:-)
Chris
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